In this survey paper we analytically examine the state of the art in speech and natural
language processing technologies, and one of their most promising applications in the …

Social roles are a design option for robots that behave in accordance with user expectations.
We believe that robots have to exceed stereotypical role behaviors and dynamically provide …

This thesis explores the design and evaluation of human-robot communication for service
robots that use natural language to interact with people. The research is centred around …

Abstract Service robots or personal robots are to be used by non-expert users. This requires
special attention to the human-robot interaction to provide systems that people are …

This thesis explores the design and evaluation of human-robot communication for service
robots that use natural language to interact with people. The research is centred around …

Intelligent Service Robots (ISR) will be able to perform many different tasks, far too many to
control with the television remote control. Bringing such artifacts into the homes of everyday …

Recently robots have been launched as tour-guides in museums, lawnmowers, in-home
vacuum cleaners, and as remotely operated machines in so-called distant, dangerous and …

2Das in dieser Arbeit angewandte weibliche Genus steht repräsentativ für beide Genera.
Eine Ausnahme bildet der Fachterminus „Agent “, der in seinem maskulinen Genus …